Vigillo LLC, creators of data mining software products, has introduced its new JUST platform. JUST is a new platform and network of law enforcement officials meant to address inaccuracies in the CSA scoring system.
“Vigillo is upending how the industry views CSA and its known flaws by introducing a parallel scoring system, built on the same principles as CSA, that provides a true picture of the compliance, safety and accountability of our nation’s motor carriers”, said Vigillo Chief Executive Officer Steve Bryan. “CSA unduly penalizes carriers, not for their non-compliance, but for the limitations of the CSA scoring system itself. JUST will correct the fundamental flaws of CSA.”
As outlined by the company, these are the problems they hope JUST will be able to fix:
1. Crash preventability
Currently, all DOT recordable crashes count under CSA, including clearly non-preventable crashes, such as a car running into a parked truck at a rest stop. Via a network of current and former law enforcement officials who will review all submitted crash reports, photographs, and in-cab video, the JUST system will remove clearly non-preventable crashes from the Crash score.
2. Disparate enforcement
CSA treats every mile — city, country, mountain, winter, or border crossing, as if it is exactly the same. Commercial vehicle law enforcement officials across the country know better and adapt, whereas CSA does not. JUST mathematically adjusts scores to account for state disparity.
3. Safety event groups
Under the current system, carriers are not grouped and compared to similar carriers. Additionally, they are not grouped geographically, or by truck type, or line of business. JUST compares like-carriers based on improved criteria.
4. Un(der) inspected carriers
Under the current system the FMCSA ignores 89% of all motor carriers for purposes of CSA scoring. This huge gap means smaller operations go scoreless in any CSA BASIC category. This results in 678,147 regulated motor carriers flying under the radar of CSA. The remaining 11% of all regulated motor carriers have CSA scores and must compete for business with this invisible “fleet.” JUST finds them and scores them all, leveling the playing field.
